The treatment resulted in the improvement of water retention of
peeled shrimps frozen as uncooked and cooked products,
resulted in the reduction of both the freezing loss and the
toughening of the thawed samples. The described effectiveness
of sodium bicarbonate containing traces of citric acid was similar
to polyphosphates which are used extensively in seafood
industry for both fresh and frozen products.The freezing methods significantly affected yield, freezing time, freezing rate, cutting force and color of
white shrimps after a freeze–thaw cycle.